Viable Utopian Ideas: Shaping a Better World

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Arthur B. Shostak
M.E. Sharpe, 2003 - 295 páginas
Contents: Introduction: Viable Utopian IdeasPart 1: Challenges - Personal in Nature1. Private Dreams and Collective Ideals, Douglas Porpora2. Why Altruism Is Considered Deviant Behavior: Obstacles on the Path to a Viable Utopia, Jay WeinsteinPart 2: Challenges - Conceptual in Nature3. Utopia Revisited: New Thinking on Social Betterment, Michael Marien4. Utopia: An Obsolete Concept, Joseph F. Coates5. Utopianism Comes of Age, Tsvi Bisk6. Utopia and the Attempted Flow of Useful Ideas: Why Being Able to Define and Measure a Clear Vision Matters, Roger Kaufman Part 3: Methods: Even Better Tools7. Modest Steps toward an Ideal World: Sociological Practice and Utopia, Ross Koppel8. Utopian Poetry: A Medium for the Message, Lane Jennings9. Building Common Ground: Rethinking Rules of Engagement, Harris Sokoloff10. The Utopian University of the People: A Story That Is Not Too Good to Be True, Robert J. Merikangas Part 4: Methods: Information Technology11. The Human Utopia and the Web, David Weinberger12. Toward a New,Democracy, Stephen Downes13. Internet Dreaming: Investigating Online Community at the Math Forum, Wes Shumar14. Welcome to "the Collective: " New Meaning to a "Meeting of Minds, " Al StegemanPart 5: Looking Inward15. Understanding Opposing Viewpoints: Placing Yourself into the Shoes of the Other, R. Dean Wright16. The Conscious Use of "The Mirror Effect: " Co-Creating a Utopian World, Carroy U. Ferguson17. Surprised on the Run, Diane McManusPart 6: Looking Homeward18. Utopias and City Planning: Findin Strength in One Another, Thomas A. Reiner19. Distributed Floating Cities: A Laboratory for Exploring Social Utopias, Patrick Salsbury20. I Am a Utopian: Creating "The Resort Circle, "Ernest Vlahos21. Personal Utopia: Technology's Effect on the Meaning of Home, James MitchellPart 7: Schooling Possibilities22. A Future Vision for Public Education, Marilyn Vlahos23. Blue Sky for Black America: Utopia and Af
 

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Private Dreams and Collective Ideals Douglas Porpora
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Obstacles
16
New Thinking on Social
23
UtopiaAn Obsolete Concept Joseph F Coates
29
Why Being
40
Sociological Practice
47
Rethinking Rules
58
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
65
34
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SOCIETAL
161
NATIONBUILDING AIDS
181
Can a Traditional NonWestern Culture
189
The World Senate and Academy Mitchell Gordon
195
This Is the Century
205
When Can the Just Society Use Force? A Proposal for Radical
216
LOOKING FORWARD
223

Toward a New Democracy Stephen Downes
69
New Meaning to a Meeting
76
Surprised on the Run Diane McManus
88
A Laboratory for Exploring Social
99
29
107
SCHOOLING POSSIBILITIES
113
Being There
120
High School Students and Their
127
A Practical Utopia Kyle Bady
133
How Do You Want Your Abortion?
141
Read Em and Weep Boys John E Glass
147
Our Safety Is Within Our Grasp Hal Pepinsky
231
A View from Biological
237
Closer Than You Think Stanley Shostak
245
Dystopias and Utopias in Outer
251
Recommended Readings by Contributors and Allies
259
Recommended EMail Listserves and Web Sites
265
Notes on the Editor and Contributors
275
Index
285
Books by the Editor
293
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